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Back to the original topic, I've vowed to use Apple AirTags in all of my packages. I've done it once and found it useful. A friend works for UPS and he says he gets notices frequently that he's being tailed by an AirTag which seems to indicate that I'm not alone is doing this. At $25, they are cheap insurance.

Yep, I misread the original equation AND misused the MOD function. Sigh...

That would be written as: =(A*2) + (40*MOD(A, 40)) Mod is a function that divides A by 40 and returns the integer part so MOD (80, 40) gives 2. Just in case you want to put it in Excel.

This is what I expect to submit. Changes are possible and your thoughts are welcome. Published/Unpublished Comic Book Covers No entry Published/Unpublished Comic Book Splashes, Title Pages No entry Published/Unpublished Comic Book Double Page Splashes and Spreads No entry Published/Unpublished Interior Panel Pages No entry Published/Unpublished Comic Book Pin-Ups, Illustrations, Trading Cards Ironwolf by Howard Chaykin My year: Most Comments (1st), Most Likes (6th), Most Views (16th) A personal favorite character and my introduction to Howard’s work. You can see a succession of this character in Howard’s creator owned work from Ironwolf to Cody Starbuck to Scorpion to Dominic Fortune (who is Scorpion) to American Flagg. Mon-El and Shadow Lass by Mike Grell My year: Most Comments (2nd), Most Likes (2nd), Most Views (3rd) Mon-El is my favorite Legionnaire and I’m a fan of Legion couples so when I saw this at Mike’s table in the small but powerful Eastern Rim Funny Book and Vintage Con, it was a must buy. Published/Unpublished Strip Art No entry Published/Unpublished Commissions/Recreations Faux Sugar and Spike #100 Cover by Kerry Callen My year: Most Comments (5th), Most Likes (3rd), Most Views (2nd) One of my very favorite pieces by one of the most clever humor artists working. The first time I tried, he wasn’t doing physical commissions, but he’s since changed his mind and is cranking them out. Highly recommended. Also, read his Super Antics which features DC Heroes in very funny situations. Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Pets by Jim Shooter I’m a fan. When I found out that Jim would do commissions, I had to get one (at least one for now). His run with Swan and Klein remains my favorite Legion era. And he was only 5 years older then my 8 or 9 when I read his first story. That blew me away. If you get a chance to meet him, do it. Look through his memory books. Ask questions. Get a commission. You’ll be glad that you did. Unpublished Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches CPG’s Port by Jeremy Bastian I love Jeremy’s work. This completes my original ideas - CPG, her father’s Pirate Ship, and her Port. I’ll get more I’m sure, but I need to figure out what. Published/Unpublished Media artwork (Music, TV, Movie) No entry Published/Unpublished Non-Comic Covers, Pin-ups, Illustrations, Gaming Art No entry Published/Unpublished Other No entry Honorable Mentions A few pieces that I really like, but I couldn’t put ahead of the above. The Red Tornado and the Cyclone Kids by Kerry Callen (Commission) Ma Hunkel donned her pot and clock to fight neighborhood crime. She was also at the first JSA meeting. The Cyclone Kids joined her in that battle. Faux Sugar and Spike 100 Cover featuring Lucy and Andy Neanderthal by Jeffrey Brown (commission) I was sorely tempted to place this in the list above, but I just couldn’t. You probably know his work from his Star Wars books, e.g., Darth Vader and Son, or, maybe, the Jedi Academy series. It’s all delightful. Mosely 1 pg. 26 and 27 by Sam Lofti (published Splash/Panel Page) Mosely is yet another good book written by Rob Guillory. Sam did an excellent job with the visuals. In these pages, you see our hero gain his powers and deal with his first foe. Buy it, you will enjoy it. Young Justice 27 pg 5 by Todd Nauck (published splash) I enjoyed Todd’s work on Impulse and Young Justice a lot and I love group shots. This scratched a real itch for me.

Added a link to the European CAF - 2D Galleries. https://www.2dgalleries.com

New addition to my faux Sugar and Spike 100 cover collection. This one was commissioned 3 years ago. Kathy works way ahead. 🙂 The cover features Jeffrey Brown's Lucy and Andy Neanderthal as S&S's babysitters. Thanks to Jeffrey Brown of Star Wars fame (Darth Vader series and Jedi Academy series) for the excellent job! Click on image to embiggen!

Thanks! I think he does excellent work and he has a good sense of humor. I have one other piece by him that amuses me as well. Click to embiggen. I made a fake faux S&S 100 cover out of it using a different SW based image taken from the internet (my bad) that seemed appropriate. My image manipulation skills are rather limited.

New addition to my faux Sugar and Spike 100 cover collection. This one was commissioned 3 years ago. Kathy works way ahead. 🙂 The cover features Jeffrey Brown's Lucy and Andy Neanderthal as S&S's babysitters. Thanks to Jeffrey Brown of Star Wars fame (Darth Vader series and Jedi Academy series) for the excellent job! Click on image to embiggen!

These two get along better.

I'm a Kickstarter Superbacker which means I spend way too much money on Kickstarter projects in the Comics section. This is a fact. It's a matter of opinion as to whether or not a particular purchase is worth it. In my opinion, Mike Kunkel delivers the goods with his books. In this case the book is Ham and Eggs. It features the story of two brothers in a small town. Think Abbott and Costello and you'll get a bit of the feel for the characters. Anyway, Ham is short on cash and gets involved with a loan shark and things get dangerously funny. You can see my Ham and Eggs here: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1980991 You can buy the book here: https://theastonishfactory.com/astonish-factory-bookshop/hamandeggsbook

Frost Giant's Daughter and Red Nails are both so beautiful.

I have a list - to get anything on it will require selling a lot of comic books! In the reasonably possible: Aparo B&B page (art and letters by Jim) In the Serious Stretch Goals category, we have: Ditko Creeper Everett Sub-Mariner page Kirby Thor or New Gods page Rogers Detective (Batman) page from his wonderful run with Steve Englehart and Terry Austin Swan/Klein Superman Swan/Klein LSH page Special cases: The splash to JLA 29 (1st series) or the cover, but I'd prefer the splash. (The splash sold by auction at Heritage. Maggie Thompson told me it and two other pages had been stuck in a drawer since she and Don were given it by Julius Schwartz.) It's up for auction again, but sold for 50K last time. My rich uncle would have to die for me to buy it if I had a rich uncle. Cover to The Official Legion of Super-Heroes Index #1. The cover to #2 would work, but it's in David Mandel's collection and I doubt that I could pry it loose. The cover to #1 belongs to Mark Waid, but he loaned it to a friend to study and said friend thinks he owns it. A published Scribbly page - I've seen one in 18 years of collecting. Comic Strips: Peanuts by Charles Schulz Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson

See you there!

Yeah, and at just the wrong time for me.

@Dr. Balls, I look forward to it primarily to meet new folks and renew acquaintances with others. Compared to Comic Art, airfare is cheap. Fly down.

Added information about the CAF's Comic Art Estimator Tool.

It's projected to be pretty much like an Artist Alley at most shows with a smaller crowd in front of the large number of artists. There will be: Dealers with their stock Artists doing sketches and pre-show commissions Collectors with tables showing and selling The pre-con commission opportunities have been a real surprise to me. Lots of folks that don't normally do commissions are doing them for the show. Not all are affordable, but that's supply and demand for you. I'm flying in on Friday and out on Sunday. They have 49 artists posted with more to be announced (they've said the target is 60). Dealers: Publishers and Affiliates Collectors: And some gallery space.

Yeah, a randomized list would be good for the bidding order. The Viewing order could have a sort option to so that viewing wouldn't change.

This is the one referenced in the quote: For what it's worth, a single panel page from this issue sold in Oct 2, 2021 for $35,000.00.

It's sad. He bought this page not so long ago (2021-01-15) for a pretty penny ($50K). I do hope he enjoyed it. I exchanged some correspondence with Maggie Thompson. She is the one who sold it along with two other pages from the book. She told me that Julie Schwartz gave the three pages to Don and her when they visited DC once. She found them after Don passed in an envelop in a desk drawer. They'd forgotten about them for 60 years! You might wonder why I paid so much attention to these pages, well, it's simple. This is the splash to the first comic that I ever read. Bought it from a vending machine in Brownsville, TX as my family was returning from a vacation trip to Mexico - 9 people aged from 3 to 60 something (my folks (2), me and my sibs (3), a maternal aunt, her daughters (2), and my maternal grandmother) riding in a six passenger Plymouth station wagon. I had 15 cents and paid the machine. My brother and stared at that page trying to figure out who everyone was and how they related. A number of years ago, Kathy bought me a page from that book. The full story is on the CAF post. Just click the image of my page below. That purchase led to 10s of thousands more and a lot of art as well.

You are welcome. Let me know if you have suggestions on improvement.

There are a lot of venues. You can find a list of some of them in the hidden text of the first post on this thread - Pricing Comic Art - 2023 Edition.

5x what I normally spend for a piece isn't an issue assuming it's less than my annual spend. I am willing to spend the annual all in one go if the timing is right, but if it isn't; I'll pass no matter what the piece. 5x what I spend in a year is not going to happen unless I've been planning to do it, e.g., selling comics to build a war chest for my wish list.

Is it really unpublished? The finished image was published in advertising material, was it not?

Ramona's work always makes me smile.